Nov 14

 

 

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Nov 14, 2020  Week: 46 Day:319   

Local:  H 56°\ L 30°\Average Sky Cover: 5%

Wind:   7mph\Gusts:  10mph                       

Nearest lightning:  867mi.; active fire:  59mi

Moderate Risk of Fire          

Visibility:  10mi

Record: 70°[1967]   Record: -5°[1985]              

Nov Averages: 53°\23° (3 days with moisture)

 

Today’s  Quote

From too much love of living,

From hope and fear set free,

We thank with brief thanksgiving

Whatever gods may be That no life lives for ever;

That dead men rise up never;

That even the weariest river Winds somewhere safe to sea.

Algernon Charles Swinburne

 

Random Tidbits

'Pink' once meant 'yellow.' We know, it's confusing. See, Dutch 'pink' was a yellow pigment; but because 'pink' also means a frilled edge, it became closely associated with the dianthus flower, which has notched petals. And what's the most common color for dianthus flowers? You guessed it: pink.  

 

A little humor

Notice in a farmer's field:

THE FARMER ALLOWS WALKERS TO CROSS THE FIELD FOR FREE,

BUT THE BULL CHARGES.

 

True Things

"Using the best in technology including a scalar generator to give the spirits energy to communicate which has never been done before in the paranormal field we were able to offer a safe and respectful seance to the largest ever audience," he said. "We hope that the audience enjoyed it as much as we did."

 

Observations This Week

Nat’l Nurse Practioner's Week: 8-14 Link Link

World Kindness Week: 8-14 Link Nat’l Book Awards Week: 8-14

Nat’l Radiologic Technology Week: 8-14 Link

Childrens' Book Week: 9-15 Link
Nat’l Seat Belt Reinforcement Week: 9-29 Link

Perioperative Nurse Week: 8-14 Link

Nat’l Split Pea Soup Week: 9-15 Link

Snowcare For Troops Awareness Week: 8-14

Nat’l Young Readers Week: 9-15 Link

Nat’l Donor Sabath: 13-15
World Antibiotic Awareness Week: 13-19

 

Observations for Today

Hindu Diwali Day

International Girls Day

International Selfie Day (Diabetes Foundation)

Loosen Up, Lighten Up Day

Nat’l American Teddy Bear Day

Nat’l Block It Out Day

Nat’l Family PJ Day

Nat’l Homemade ‘Guac’ Day

Nat’l Pickle ‘Appreciation’ Day

Nat’l Spicy Guacamole Day

Operating Room Nurse Day

Spirit of NSA (National Speakers Association) Day

World Diabetes Day

 

My Rambling Thoughts

A warm day with a bright sun. Nice

I have faith and experience with the Federal government. During my career, I lived through the Wounded Knee takeover, which only peripherally effected Navajo, I worked through every administration from Nixon to Obama. Those who haven’t worked for the Feds, have a hard time understanding the many, many layers and the thousands of permanent government employees who make the system work. With or without Trump’s messy handling of the transition, we will survive. A little good news is that Pence met with the task force for the first time in 3 weeks. Maybe something will come of that. This country needs leadership that will deal with this Covid crisis.  I am astounded daily of the people in this country who will not wear a mask. It is so selfish.

There is one group of citizens that are having a harder time than most…the hearing impaired who depend on lip-reading. They have resorted to carrying a pad and pencil to communicate with hearing people in their daily life. Sadly, many are being condemned and harassed by unempathetic. Sad.

Another group: the Secret Service who protect the US President. Over 130 agents are infected and many quarantined after the Trump campaign rallies.

 

Today’s Puzzle

Answer at the bottom of the page

What do the following words have in common: polish, job, herb?

 

Historical Events

1851 – Moby-Dick by Herman Melville was published.

1889 – (fiction) New York World reporter Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) began her attempt to duplicate the literary journey of Jules Verne’s Phileas Fogg by traveling around the world in less than 80 days. She succeeded, finishing the trip in January in 72 days and 6 hours.

1922 – The BBC (The British Broadcasting Company) officially began its daily domestic radio service broadcasting with the 6:00 pm news, read by announcer Arthur Burrows.

1960 – OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries), was formed by Iraq, Kuwait, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela.

1967 – The patent for “Ruby Laser Systems” was issued to Theodore Maiman (Patent #3,353,115). His first ruby laser was tested in 1960.

1968 – National Turn in Your Draft Card Day featured the burning of draft cards on US college campuses.

1972 – The Dow Jones closed at over 1000 for the first time, at 1,003.16.

1979 – US President Jimmy Carter issued Executive order 12170, which froze all Iranian assets in the United States, in response to the hostage crisis.

1986 – FCC issued a Notice Of Apparent Liability to WYSP in Philadelphia for broadcasting The Howard Stern Show, with material that the FCC believed contained “indecent” material.

1 994 – First trains for the general public ran in Channel Tunnel (Chunnel) under the English Channel.

2013 Boston gangster Whitey Bulger is sentenced to two consecutive life terms plus five years for his crimes

2018 Jewelry that belonged to French Queen Marie Antoinette is auctioned off in Geneva, after not being seen for 200 years

2018 Astronomers announce discovery of Super-Earth planet (3.2x bigger than Earth) orbiting red dwarf Barnard's star, 6 light years away

 

Birthdays Today

@90 – Aaron Copland, American composer, conductor, and educator (d. 1990)

@86 – Claude Monet, French painter (d. 1926)

@68 – McLean Stevenson, actor, and screenwriter (d. 1996; bladder cancer)

73 – P. J. O’Rourke, American political satirist and journalist

72 – Charles Philip Arthur George (Prince of Wales)

66 – Yanni [Yiannis Chryssomallis], Greek-American pianist, composer, producer

64 – Valerie Jarrett, American government official

54 – Curt Schilling, American baseball player, and sportscaster

@49 – Robert Fulton, American inventor Steamboat, (d. 1815; TB)

@48 – Joseph McCarthy, lawyer, politician (d. 1957; hepatitis)

48 – Josh Duhamel, American model, and actor

 

Puzzle Answer

All three words are pronounced differently when the first letter is capitalized.

 

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